was created especially for Michael Jeremy Smith
at the age of 8
with love from Grandma and Grandpa
February 2, 2003
Mike Smith
of Pensacola had a special
dream. His favorite books to read from
the library were always those about
dinosaurs, but he wanted to learn a lot
more about them. As he was thinking
about this, a beautiful white unicorn
appeared at his bedroom window.
To his surprise, the unicorn spoke,
''Mike, I want to
take you to the Land
of the Dinosaurs. Can you come with
me?'' Mike said, ''Wow!
I would love to
go, but first I must ask permission and
leave a note for Larry, John
and
Wayne.'' Moments later, the unicorn
whisked him back in time to the Land of
the Dinosaurs.
when Mike
and the unicorn arrived at
the shore of the beautiful lake, an
apatosaurus (uh-pat-o-SORE-us) greeted
them. He was longer than a big school
bus. "What is your name?" asked Mike.
"I don't have one" answered the
plant-eating dinosaur sadly. "No one
has ever named any of us." Mike
thought for a while and then said, "I
will call you Stretch.''
''Look at that mountain over there!
"
shouted Mike, pointing
off into the
distance. ''Is it on fire?'' he asked.
"Oh no, that's just a volcano," replied
the unicorn. "Look all around you.
The Land of the Dinosaurs is filled
with many, many volcanoes, swamps and
fern jungles.'' Mike
added, ''It's also
very hot!"
